
In November 2023, the human rights situation in Russia will be evaluated at the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, a special UN mechanism. During the prevous cycle of the UPR (2018), Russia was criticized for homophobic legislation and…
In November 2023, the human rights situation in Russia will be evaluated at the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, a special UN mechanism. During the prevous cycle of the UPR (2018), Russia was criticized for homophobic legislation and…
On February 20, 2023, the Moskovsky District Court of St. Petersburg ruled to release a native of Ukraine, Oksana Kukharchuk, who remained in a CTDFN “in order to ensure expulsion” for a year and three months, since December 22, 2021….
The #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign officially launched on March 8, 2017. The goal of the campaign was to achieve the abolition of the lists of prohibited types of work and professions for women in all countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia…
24 February marks one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To date, FIDH member organisations in Ukraine, the Center for Civil Liberties, and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, have helped to document close to 30,000 alleged international crimes….
One year ago, Russia launched its massive invasion of Ukraine. The “hybrid warfare” of the previous eight years had turned into a full-blown aggressive war at a scale unseen in Europe since 1939. Both the global community and…
Over the past year of the all-out war waged by Russian aggressors, residents of Ukraine – adults and children, civilians and soldiers defending the country – have suffered incalculable misfortunes. The topic of children traumatized by the crimes of adults is one…